Legal Citation: 374 U.S. 203 (1963)

Appellant
School District of Abington Township, Pennsylvania

Appellee
Edward Lewis Schempp

Appellant's Claim
That a Pennsylvania law requiring daily Bible readings in public schools violates the First Amendment requirement of church-state separation.

Chief Lawyers for Appellant
John D. Killian III and Philip H. Ward III

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Henry W. Sawyer III

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, William J. Brennan, Jr., Tom C. Clark (writing for the Court), William O. Douglas, Arthur Goldberg, John Marshall Harlan II, Earl Warren, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
Potter Stewart

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
17 June 1963

Decision
The Supreme Court struck down the Pennsylvania statute by a vote...